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Type locality. Spitzbergen. 



Distribution in New York. This whale has been taken in New York 

 waters only once, in 1822. 



Principal records. De Kay, " The above discription was taken from a 

 whale captured in the lower bay of New York in 1822. I had no 

 opportunity of determining its sex, but was informed that it was a 

 female" ('42 p. 131). 



Physeter macro cephalus Linnaeus Sperm whale 



1758 Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10. 1 : 75. 

 1842 Physeter macrocephalus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mam- 

 malia, p. 128. 



Type locality. North Atlantic. 



Distribution in New York. Formerly abundant along the coast but 

 now nearly exterminated. 



Principal records. DeKay: " The sperm whale was formerly numerous 

 on our coast where it is still occasionally captured " ('42, p. 129). 



Balaena cisarctica Cope Right whale 



1842 Balaena mysticetits De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 



p. 124. Not Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus. 

 1865 Balae?ia cisarctica Cope, Acad. nat. sci. Phila. Proc. 17 : 169. 



Type locality. "One [specimen] taken opposite this city [Philadelphia, 

 Pa.] three years ago, one cast ashore at Rehoboth bay, Del., and one in 

 Mobjack bay, Va." (Cope '65 p. 168). 



Distribution in New York. Off the south coast of Long Island. 



Principal records. De Kay : "Along the southern coast of Long 

 Island, whale boats are still kept in readiness, and on the appearance of 

 a whale the people in the vicinity quickly assemble, and are soon in pur- 

 suit of the animal " ('42 p. 125). Cope: "Some are known to enter 

 New York harbor" ('65, p. 168). 



Mr Helme writes that " the right whale is frequently seen off the south 

 coast of Long Island in winter, and occasionally one is captured near 

 the eastern end of the island." 



Bison bison (Linnaeus) American bison 



1758 Bos bison Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10. 1 : 172. 



1842 Bison americanus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 



p. no. 

 1888 Bison bison Jordan, Manual of the vertebrate animals of the 



northern United States, ed. 5. p. 337. 



